Reuters: Arrested Miami men planned 'war' against U.S. [View All]

[Eugene]

Arrested Miami men planned 'war' against U.S.
Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:55 PM BST

MIAMI (Reuters) - Seven people arrested in Miami planned attacks on the landmark Sears Tower
in Chicago and other buildings as part of a pledge to al Qaeda to wage war against the United
States, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday.

An indictment handed down against the men by a grand jury in south Florida said they sought
to gain support from Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda in order to destroy FBI buildings in the
United States. At least one of them also plotted to blow up the 110-story Sears Tower
in Chicago, it said.

The men, named as Narseal Batiste, Patrick Abraham, Stanley Grant Phanor, Naudimar Herrera,
Burson Augustin, Lyglenson Lemorin and Rotschild Augustine, were due to appear in a Miami
magistrate's court later on Friday.

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A man identified as a member of the "Seas of David" religious group told CNN on Thursday
that five of his fellow members were among those arrested and that they had no connection
to terrorists.

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